MARLBOROUGH AND BILLERICA, MASS. — Berkeley Partners has acquired two industrial flex properties near Boston for $14.5 million. The two single-building properties, which include 734 Forest Street in Marlborough and 35 Dunham Road in Billerica, total 120,796 square feet. Both buildings were 100 percent leased at the time of sale. Scott Dragos, Doug Jacoby, Chris Skeffington, Roy Sandeman, Anthony Hayes, Timothy Mulhall and Daniel Hines of CBRE represented Berkeley Partners in the transaction. The team also represented the seller, The RAM Companies USA.
Acquisitions
RICHMOND, VA. — Apple Hospitality REIT Inc. has acquired The Berkeley Hotel, a 55-room hotel in downtown Richmond. Apple Hospitality will upgrade the property to include services and amenities that are consistent with the rest of the company’s portfolio, although The Berkeley will remain an independent hotel. The property is located at 1200 E. Cary St., four blocks from Apple Hospitality’s headquarters. The seller was not disclosed.
GREENWOOD, IND. — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. has acquired a 615,747-square-foot industrial building located at 1151 S. Graham Road in Greenwood for $81.5 million. Amazon.com Services Inc. occupies the property on a 15-year, net lease basis. The building is situated on 78.6 acres. The seller was not disclosed.
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — ML Realty Partners has purchased a 302,354-square-foot industrial property in Bolingbrook for an undisclosed price. The newly constructed, Class A building is located at 999 Dalton Lane near I-55. It is immediately available for lease and features a clear height of 36 feet. Jeff Devine and Steve Disse of Colliers International brokered the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY, LOS ANGELES, MIAMI AND CHICAGO — Queensgate Investments has acquired Freehand Hotels from a seller consortium including The Yucaipa Cos. and Sydell Group for approximately $400 million. Freehand is a lifestyle hotel brand, owner and operator of hotel assets with 922 rooms across four hotels in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, downtown Los Angeles, Miami Beach and River North Chicago. The brand advertises itself as combining the social culture of a hostel with top-shelf design, food and beverage. Included in the acquisition is the Broken Shaker bar concept that operates within the hotels. Generator, a hostel business that Queensgate acquired in 2017, will manage Freehand. Generator seeks to appeal to millennial customers, focusing on capital city addresses, design-led interiors and shared social spaces. “The acquisition of Freehand is of strategic importance to Generator, and the combined portfolio represents one of the largest asset-rich lifestyle hospitality platforms globally with 19 hotels in 17 gateway cities,” says Puneet Kanuga, investment director at Queensgate. “There is now a significant push to grow the presence of both Freehand and Generator across the United Kingdom and Europe, with opportunities currently being evaluated in London, Edinburgh, Milan, Amsterdam and other gateway European cities.” London-based Queensgate …
NAI Mertz Brokers Sale of 225,000 SF Industrial Property in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
by Alex Patton
WILKES-BARRE, PA. — NAI Mertz has brokered the $4.2 million sale of a 225,000-square-foot industrial property in Wilkes-Barre, located approximately 120 miles west of New York City. The buyer, pipe distribution company PSI, plans to renovate the property to the tune of $9 million and add a new pipe mill. David Weaver and Stephen Cole of NAI Mertz represented the seller, Medley Investments, in the transaction. Elijah Miller of Hinerfeld Commercial Real Estate represented PSI.
LUMBERTON, N.J. — Boston-based investment firm STAG Industrial has acquired a 120,000-square-foot distribution center in Lumberton, an eastern suburb of Philadelphia. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased to FMP Inc., a producer and distributor of commercial kitchen appliances. WHPounds Commercial Real Estate LLC and OPAS Inc. represented the seller, J Grato Enterprises, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
RedHill Realty Investors Divests of 168-Unit Apartment Complex in Washington for $34.5M
by Amy Works
KENT, WASH. — RedHill Realty Investors has completed the sale of RedHill Pines, a garden-style multifamily community located in Kent. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $34.5 million. Located on more than 7 acres off Canyon Drive, RedHill Pines is a 10-building multifamily complex made up of the 98-unit RedHill Pines, which was built in 1980, and the 70-unit RedHill Pines North, which was built in 1988. The adjacent communities share a centralized clubhouse and leasing office. The communities offer a total of 168 units with an average unit size of 796 square feet, with private patios or balconies at each unit. Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer. Additionally, IPA Capital Markets arranged $23.4 million in acquisition financing for the buyer. The 10-year loan features a fixed rate at 3.8 percent with five years of interest-only payments. Philip Assouad, Giovanni Napoli, Ryan Dinius and Sidney Warsinske of IPA handled the transaction, while Ray Allen and Seth Heikkila of IPA Capital Markets arranged the financing for the buyer.
SAN DIEGO — San Diego-based Sunroad Enterprises has completed the disposition of Sunroad Plaza, an office campus located in the Rancho Bernardo submarket of San Diego. Texas-based Virtus Real Estate Capital purchased the property for $19.9 million. Located at 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court, the 71,934-square-foot asset consists of one three-story building and one four-story building. The campus features on-site showers and lockers, executive conferencing facilities and 423 parking spaces. At the time of sale, Sunroad Plaza was 82 percent leased to a mix of government, medical and professional office users. Matt Pourcho, Anthony DeLorenzo, Gary Stache, Doug Mack and Bryan Johnson of CBRE represented the seller, while Lars Eisenhauer of CBRE represented the buyer in the deal.
Marcus & Millichap Brokers Sale of 172-Unit Self-Storage Facility in California’s Inland Empire
by Amy Works
HIGHLAND, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the acquisition of International Self Storage in Highland. A local investment company purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. The 17,905-square-foot International Self-Storage features 172 non-climate-controlled, drive-up units ranging in size from four feet by four feet to eight feet by 10 feet. Additionally, the property is fully fenced and equipped with security monitoring systems, including electronic gate access and individual alarms. The property also features an on-site manager’s office with residence. Keith Phillips of The LeClaire Group of Marcus & Millichap’s Encino, Calif., office procured the buyer, while the undisclosed seller was self-represented in the deal.